A bride, a second woman, and a little girl prepare for an autumn wedding as they model their French fashions for the October, 1866 edition of Moniteur de la Mode. The bride wears a white gown with a very full bell skirt. The bodice has a vertical...

A brown-haired woman sits in three-quarter view with her head in profile modeling her autumn outfit. She wears a green and black Tattersall plaid suit with brown fur cuffs and collar. The jacket sleeves are trimmed at the wrists with two bands of...

A brown-haired young woman and brown-haired child, perhaps a mother and her daughter, look at each other while they model their circa 1820-1830 fashions. The woman wears a long colorful dress with a tight fitting bodice and full skirt. The fabric...

A dark-haired woman and small child are dressed in Parisian fashions from Madame Minette. The woman wears an ankle-length pink redingotte dress of mousseline with zigzag embroidered trimming forming an x from the dropped shoulders and opening down...

A dark-haired young woman wears the colors of Pennsylvania University, red and blue. She stands in a Belle Epoque garden setting and the bottom of the plate reads: "Pennsylvania." She stands between a bird-footed twisting column, a stand of blue...

A fair-haired young woman dressed in the maroon and white of the University of Chicago. She leans against a Renaissance-revival fountain pedestal and is surrounded by trees and pastel-colored flowers. University of Chicago buildings are in the...

A fair-haired young woman wears an outfit in the crimson of Harvard University. She sits on classically-inspired sculpted seat and rests her elbow on a pedestal, the foundation for a classical column. There a classically-patterned stone sidewalk...

A family costume party is the theme for this illustration in the February, 1901 edition of La Mode Illustrée. Although they represent a family of the early twentieth-century, the man, his wife, their four children, and another woman are dressed in...

A family of four in their fashions for Philadelphia in 1837. The father wears gray trousers and a green frock coat fastened across the chest with military-style frogs and braiding. The coat has high lapels over a white ruffled collar, and black...

A gentleman wears a knee-length, dark green striped cutaway tail coat with large gold buttons. The stripes are vertical on the body, and cut on the bias for the sleeves, giving them a chevron pattern. His red waistcoat is patterned with stars. His...

A gentleman wears the costume of the court of Louis XIII. He wears a pointed-brimmed, gray hat with blue and white feathers. He wears a wide white collar, edged with point edged lace that covers part of his shoulders. His coat and breeches are...

A gentleman with a black hat and a dark brown, curly wig is standing, with his left arm outstretched. There is a red and blue cockade on the left side of his hat. He is wearing a bright green cutaway jacket with long tails over a red waistcoat....

A group of four women, two standing and two sitting. The woman on the far left wears a small white dotted lace cap with zigzag edges and a large pink rose at the side. She wears a tiered ruffled white lace blouse with a small collar, a pale gray...

A group of ten young women and girls gather to model their English fashions for The Young Ladies' Journal of February 1888. Six of the models display coats, hats, and outerwear to brave the winter cold, while four of the models are dressed for the...

A light-haired young woman wears an outfit in Princeton University's colors of orange and black. She sits on a green bench on a lawn, with deep orange tiger lilies growing next to the bench. In the distance are the neo-gothic buildings of Princeton...

A light-haired young woman wears an outfit in the true blue of Yale University. She sits next to a neoclassical urn full of violets and pansies which sits on a classically-inspired pedestal. Behind her is a wrought-iron fence, a statue on a...

A man and a woman are depicted outside with a pavilion flying the French flag and three men on horseback behind them. The is a large sculpture of a seated woman behind them on a pedestal. The woman stands on the left and wears a white bonnet,...

A man and a woman are dressed for a Paris ball. The man is dressed in the style of Napoleon Bonaparte. His white cravat is tied high, almost to his chin. His red waistcoat is banded in gold on the fronts, hem, and pockets, and is cut longer than...

A man and a woman in French fashions for 1807. The woman's outfit, labeled number "1," is a light yellow gown with an empire waist. The blue bodice is edged with with yellow ribbon, with the ribbon lacing down the back, ending in a rosette. The...

A man and a woman in riding costumes meet another gentleman in morning dress. The woman wears a riding habit with a long full brown skirt and matching jacket with a peplum, both which button down the front. The sleeves of her jacket have French...